• Activity monitoring and patient-reported outcome measures in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients 

      Rekeland, Ingrid Gurvin; Sørland, Kari; Bruland, Ove; Risa, Kristin; Alme, Kine; Dahl, Olav; Tronstad, Karl Johan; Mella, Olav; Fluge, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-19)
      Introduction: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease with no validated specific and sensitive biomarker, and no standard approved treatment. In this observational study with no intervention, ...
    • Adenoviral Mediated Expression of BMP2 by Bone Marrow Stromal Cells cultured in 3D Copolymer Scaffolds Enhances Bone Formation 

      Sharma, Sunita; Sapkota, Dipak; Xue, Ying; Sun, Yang; Finne-Wistrand, Anna; Bruland, Ove; Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Eln (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01-25)
      Selection of appropriate osteoinductive growth factors, suitable delivery method and proper supportive scaffold are critical for a successful outcome in bone tissue engineering using bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC). This ...
    • Benefit from B-Lymphocyte Depletion Using the Anti- CD20 Antibody Rituximab in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A Double-Blind and Placebo-Controlled Study 

      Fluge, Øystein; Bruland, Ove; Risa, Kristin; Storstein, Anette; Kristoffersen, Einar K.; Sapkota, Dipak; Næss, Halvor; Dahl, Olav; Nyland, Harald; Mella, Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-10-19)
      Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disease of unknown aetiology. Major CFS symptom relief during cancer chemotherapy in a patient with synchronous CFS and lymphoma spurred a pilot study of B-lymphocyte depletion ...
    • Corneal Vascularization Associated With a Novel PDGFRB Variant 

      Gladkauskas, Titas; Bruland, Ove; Safieh, Leen Abu; Edward, Deepak P.; Rødahl, Eyvind; Bredrup, Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the genetic cause of aggressive corneal vascularization in otherwise healthy children in one family. Further, to study molecular consequences associated with the identified ...
    • Evidence for anticipation in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome 

      Berland, Siren; Appelbäck, Mia Sanby; Bruland, Ove; Beygo, Jasmin; Buiting, Karin; Mackay, Deborah J.G.; Temple, I. Karen; Houge, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Classical Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) was diagnosed in two sisters and their male cousin. The children’s mothers and a third sister were tall statured (178, 185 and 187 cm) and one had mild BWS features as a child. ...
    • Functional characterization of all-trans retinoic acid-induced differentiation factor (ATRAID) 

      Mehrasa, Roya; Cristea, Ileana; Bredrup, Cecilie; Rødahl, Eyvind; Bruland, Ove (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      All-trans retinoic acid-induced differentiation (ATRAID) factor was first identified in HL60 cells. Several mRNA isoforms exist, but the respective proteins have not been fully characterized. In transfected cells expressing ...
    • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery does not alter the copy number aberration profile in sporadic vestibular schwannoma 

      Håvik, Aril Løge; Bruland, Ove; Dhayalan, Dhanushan; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Knappskog, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Introduction: Ionizing radiation is a known etiologic factor in tumorigenesis and its role in inducing malignancy in the treatment of vestibular schwannoma has been debated. The purpose of this study was to identify a copy ...
    • GBA2 mutations cause a Marinesco-Sjogren-like syndrome: Genetic and biochemical studies 

      Haugarvoll, Kristoffer; Johansson, Stefan; Rodriguez, Carlos E.; Boman, Helge; Haukanes, Bjørn Ivar; Bruland, Ove; Roque, Francisco; Jonassen, Inge; Blomqvist, Maria; Telstad, Wenche; Månsson, Jan-Eric; Knappskog, Per; Bindoff, Laurence (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01-04)
      Background: With the advent new sequencing technologies, we now have the tools to understand the phenotypic diversity and the common occurrence of phenocopies. We used these techniques to investigate two Norwegian families ...
    • Gene expression profile of oral squamous cell carcinomas from Sri Lankan betel quid users 

      Lunde, Mai Lill Suhr; Dysvik, Bjarte; Bruland, Ove; Warnakulasuriya, K. A. A. Saman; Amaratunga, Asoka N.; Jonassen, Inge; Vasstrand, Endre N.; Ibrahim, Salah Osman (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-11)
      Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the major health problems in Sri Lanka and the disease is associated with the habit of Betel Quid (BQ) chewing. Using 35k oligo microarrays, we analyzed the gene expression ...
    • Genetic alterations associated with malignant transformation of sporadic vestibular schwannoma 

      Håvik, Aril Løge; Bruland, Ove; Miletic, Hrvoje; Poulsgaard, Lars; Scheie, David; Fugleholm, Kåre; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Knappskog, Per Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Introduction: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the vestibulocochlear nerve (VN-MPNST) is exceedingly rare and carries a poor prognosis. Little is known about its underlying genetics and in particular the process ...
    • Inverse correlation between PDGFC expression and lymphocyte infiltration in human papillary thyroid carcinoma 

      Bruland, Ove; Fluge, Øystein; Akslen, Lars A.; Eiken, Hans Geir; Lillehaug, Johan; Varhaug, Jan Erik; Knappskog, Per (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-08)
      Background: Members of the PDGF family have been suggested as potential biomarkers for papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). However, it is known that both expression and stimulatory effect of PDGF ligands can be affected ...
    • K+ regulates relocation of Pellino-2 to the site of NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages 

      Cristea, Ileana; Bruland, Ove; Rødahl, Eyvind; Bredrup, Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Pellino proteins are E3 ubiquitin ligases involved in the innate immune system. Recently, Pellino-2 was reported to modulate the activation of the mouse Nlrp3 inflammasome. We examined the intracellular localization of ...
    • Pellino-2 in nonimmune cells: novel interaction partners and intracellular localization 

      Cristea, Ileana; Bruland, Ove; Rødahl, Eyvind; Bredrup, Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Pellino-2 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that mediates intracellular signaling in innate immune pathways. Most studies of endogenous Pellino-2 have been performed in macrophages, but none in nonimmune cells. Using yeast two-hybrid ...
    • A Pellino-2 variant is associated with constitutive NLRP3 inflammasome activation in a family with ocular pterygium–digital keloid dysplasia 

      Cristea, Ileana; Abarca, Hugo; Christensen, Anne Elisabeth; Trubnykova, Milana; Mehrasa, Roya; Peters, Dorien J. M.; Houge, Gunnar Douzgos; Hennekam, Raoul C. M.; Rødahl, Eyvind; Bruland, Ove; Bredrup, Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Ocular pterygium–digital keloid dysplasia (OPDKD) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by corneal ingrowth of vascularized conjunctival tissue early in life. Later, patients develop keloids on fingers and toes but ...
    • S100A16 promotes differentiation and contributes to a less aggressive tumor phenotype in oral squamous cell carcinoma 

      Sapkota, Dipak; Bruland, Ove; Parajuli, Himalaya; Osman, Tarig Al-Hadi; Teh, Muy-Teck; Johannessen, Anne Christine; Costea, Daniela Elena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-09)
      Background: Altered expression of S100A16 has been reported in human cancers, but its biological role in tumorigenesis is not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate the clinical significance and functional role ...
    • The SH3PXD2A-HTRA1 fusion transcript is extremely rare in Norwegian sporadic vestibular schwannoma patients 

      Taule-Sivertsen, Peter; Bruland, Ove; Håvik, Aril Løge; Bratland, Eirik; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Knappskog, Per Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Introduction Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a benign intracranial tumor in which the underlying genetics is largely uncertain, apart from mutations in the tumor suppressor gene NF2. Alternative tumorigenic mechanisms have ...
    • STUB1 mutations in autosomal recessive ataxias - evidence for mutation-specific clinical heterogeneity 

      Heimdal, Ketil; Sanchez-Guixé, Monica; Aukrust, Ingvild; Bollerslev, Jens; Bruland, Ove; Jablonski, Greg Eigner; Erichsen, Anne Kjersti; Gude, Einar; Koht, Jeanette A.; Erdal, Sigrid; Fiskerstrand, Torunn; Haukanes, Bjørn Ivar; Boman, Helge; Bjørkhaug, Lise; Tallaksen, Chantal M. E.; Knappskog, Per; Johansson, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-26)
      Background: A subset of hereditary cerebellar ataxias is inherited as autosomal recessive traits (ARCAs). Classification of recessive ataxias due to phenotypic differences in the cerebellum and cerebellar structures is ...
    • Temperature-dependent autoactivation associated with clinical variability of PDGFRB Asn666 substitutions 

      Bredrup, Cecilie; Cristea, Ileana; Safieh, Leen Abu; Di Maria, Emilio; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Tveit, Kåre Steinar; Thu, Frode; Bull, Nils; Edward, Deepak P.; Hennekam, Raoul C.; Høvding, Gunnar Jr; Haugen, Olav H.; Houge, Gunnar Douzgos; Rødahl, Eyvind; Bruland, Ove (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Ocular pterygium-digital keloid dysplasia (OPDKD) presents in childhood with ingrowth of vascularized connective tissue on the cornea leading to severely reduced vision. Later the patients develop keloids on digits but are ...
    • Upregulated PDK4 expression is a sensitive marker of increased fatty acid oxidation 

      Pettersen, Ina Katrine Nitschke; Tusubira, Deusdedit; Ashrafi, Hanan; Dyrstad, Sissel Elisabeth; Hansen, Lena; Liu, Xiao-Zheng; Hodneland, Linn I.; Løvsletten, Nils Gunnar; Berge, Kjetil; Wergedahl, Hege; Bjørndal, Bodil; Fluge, Øystein; Bruland, Ove; Rustan, Arild; Halberg, Nils; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Berge, Rolf Kristian; Tronstad, Karl Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Fatty acid oxidation is a central fueling pathway for mitochondrial ATP production. Regulation occurs through multiple nutrient- and energy-sensitive molecular mechanisms. We explored if upregulated mRNA expression of the ...
    • Xeno-free generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from donor-matched fibroblasts isolated from dermal and oral tissues 

      Ali, Hassan Abdel-Raouf Abdel-Wahab; Suliman, Salwa; Osman, Tarig Al-Hadi; Carrasco Fernandez, Manuel; Bruland, Ove; Costea, Daniela Elena; Ræder, Helge; Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Elnour (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) can be generated from various somatic cells and can subsequently be differentiated to multiple cell types of the body. This makes them highly promising for cellular therapy ...